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GRE Vocab - Group 4
Princeton Review 2012
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acerbic (adj) | having a sour or bitter taste of character; sharp; biting |
| Aggrandize (verb) | to increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige |
| Alchemy (noun) | a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals, especially base metals into gold (an alchemist is one who practices alchemy) |
| Amenable (adj) | agreeable; responsive to suggestion |
| Anachronism (noun) | something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context |
| Astringent (adj) | having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe; something with a tightening effect on tissue |
| Contiguous (adj) | sharing a border; touching; adjacent |
| Convention (noun) | a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude |
| Credulous (adj) | tending to believe too readily; gullible (noun form: credulity) |
| Cynicism (noun) | an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness (adj form: cynical) |
| Decorum (noun) | polite or appropriate conduct or behavior (adj form: decorous) |
| Derision (noun) | scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment (adj form: derisive; verb form: deride) |
| Desiccate (verb) | to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull |
| Dilettante (noun) | one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge |
| Disparage (verb) | to slight or belittle |
| Divulge (verb) | to disclose something secret |
| Fawn (verb) | to flatter or praise excessively |
| Flout (verb) | to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention |
| Garrulous (adj) | pointlessly talkative; talking too much |
| Glib (adj) | marked by ease or informality’ nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial |
| Hubris (noun) | overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance |
| Imminent (adj) | about to happen’ impending |
| Immutable (adj) | not capable of change |
| Impetuous (adj) | hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement |
| Indifferent (adj) | having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice |
| Inimical (adj) | damaging; harmful; injurious |
| Intractable (adj) | not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate |
| Intrepid (adj) | steadfast and courageous |
| Laconic (adj) | using few words; terse |
| Maverick (noun) | an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party |
| Mercurial (adj) | characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood |
| Mollify (verb) | to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity |
| Neophyte (noun) | a recent convert; a beginner; novice |
| Obfuscate (verb) | to deliberately obscure; to make confusing |
| Obstinate (adj) | stubborn; hard headed; uncompromising |
| Ostentatious (adj) | characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy |
| Pervade (verb) | to permeate throughout (adj form: pervasive) |
| Phlegmatic (adj) | calm, sluggish, unemotional |
| Plethora (noun) | an overabundance; a surplus |
| Pragmatic (adj) | practical rather than idealistic |
| Presumptuous (adj) | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy); taking liberties |
| Pristine (adj) | pure; uncorrupted; clean |
| Probity (noun) | adherence to the highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness |
| Proclivity (noun) | a natural predisposition or inclination |
| Profligate (noun) | excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant (noun form: profligacy) |
| Propensity (noun) | a natural inclination or tendency: penchant |
| Prosaic (adj) | dull; lacking in spirit or imagination |
| Pungent (adj) | characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste |
| Quixotic (adj) | foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals |
| Quotidian (adj) | occurring or recurring daily; commonplace |
| Rarefy (verb) | to make or become thin, less dense; to refine |
| Recondite (adj) | hidden; concealed; difficult to understand; obscure |
| Refulgent (adj) | radiant; shiny; brilliant |
| Renege (verb) | to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise |
| Sedulous (adj) | diligent; persistent; hard-working |
| Shard (noun) | a piece of broken pottery or glass |
| Soporific (adj) | causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep |
| Sparse (adj) | thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaces intervals |
| Spendthrift (noun) | one who spends money wastefully |
| Subtle (adj) | not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern |
| Tacit (adj) | implied; not explicitly stated |
| Terse (adj) | brief and concise in wording |
| Tout (verb) | to publicly praise or promote |
| Trenchant (adj) | sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating |
| Unfeigned (adj) | genuine; not false or hypocritical |
| Untenable (adj) | indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable |
| Vacillate (verb) | to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another |
| Variegated (adj) | multicolored; characterized by a variety or patches of different color |
| Vexation (noun) | annoyance; irritation (noun form: vex) |
| Vigilant (adj) | alertly watchful (noun form: vigilance) |
| Vituperate (verb) | to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; to berate |
| Volatile (adj) | readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive (noun form: volatility) |
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